Greetings to All,

Nine optimists ignored the deluge of the night before and the misty start to the day and pulled up in front of Hyland House on Tuesday -- Terry, Keiko, Jay, Sally, Kay, Patty, Tina, Betsey, and I. Sandy came late, just to bring us the details on our upcoming Hyland House exhibit (more to follow).

By the time we arrived, the rain was over unless you painted under a tree, as I did.  But when you use watercolor paints, you need water, right? So I just kept adding paint here and there and moving it around, and I let the tree add the water to keep my painting wet and loose. Everyone else appears to have had the good sense to get out from under the trees. But that method of painting was really a lot of fun.

While most of us pulled out our reds and greens, three went against the grain and either looked the other way or went black and white. Either way, we all had a fine time, and before you knew it, the sun came out, and the time had come to wrap things up.

Next week we paint at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme.